Greenland’s glacier melted to fill 7.2 million Olympic swimming pools

The alarming event was captured in a satellite image showing what the 18 billion tons of runoff was like.

According to the news in the Daily Mail, the European Union’s Copernicus satellite captured the scene caused by climate change, showing melt water in turquoise and different shades of blue flowing along the bedrock surface, which should typically be a whitish color because it is frozen.

The startling meltdown in Greenland was due to a heatwave that swept the region at a steady 60 degrees Fahrenheit, when temperatures are typically no more than 50 degrees Celsius this time of year, according to CNN, which first reported the matter.

Raising sea level

While there have also been numerous meltdowns in previous years, the last one is twice as large as usual, and experts warn it’s a major contributor to global sea level rise.

Ted Scambos, a senior research scientist at the University of Colorado Earth Science and Observation Center and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), told Usa Today that much of the melting was caused by warm air from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

The Greenland ice sheet is the second largest body of freshwater ice on the planet. Antarctica is at the top of the list.

Sea level is also rising faster on the Dutch coast
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